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mad_ned

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About mad_ned

I am Ned Utzig, a lifelong computer gamer, hacker, maker, and engineer. I grew up in a mainframe world of the 1970s, and in 1979 built my first home computer from a kit in the back of a magazine. I publish the Mad Ned Memo, a newsletter on computing history and trends: http://madned.substack.com

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    I'm still alive. But I've retired or at least taken an extended hiatus from my writing hobby, which in retrospect was probably a pandemic coping mechanism more than a lot of things…

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    More Marshmallows!

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    It's a rainy Saturday here, thought I'd give this one a second shot since the mood seemed right!

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    This is a great resource for aspiring FPGA tinkerers like me. Thanks for sharing!

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    Wish granted! @the.bessie.report on Instagram

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    haha yes, excellent suggestions! I did think about ternary logic actually but I don't know of an FPGA that supports it. I considered creating like a primitive that burns 2 register…

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    Thanks Scott - I'm really enjoying sitting back and reading all the great discussions you've been having here and interesting questions people have, nothing makes me happier as a w…

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    I was really honored for a chance to talk with one of computer gaming's true pioneers, Scott Adams. His text adventure games launched an entire game genre and influenced and inspir…

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    Abandoned stuff is always so cool. My favorite continues to be this exploration of the abandoned power plant and tunnel under Niagara Falls: https://freaktography.com/canadian-niag…

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    only partially related, but I laughed the other day when I googled 'emacs' and it said 'did you mean vi?'